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Calculating the Majority Vote Required for Variances and Development Regulation Amendments

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Permit Choice Rule for Development Regulations

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Administrative Minor Modifications of Development Approvals

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Major Amendments to Approved Developments

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Impermissible Considerations for Legislative Development Decisions

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Considerations for Legislative Development Decisions

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Procedures for Legislative Development Decisions

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Types of Development Decisions

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Comprehensive Plans and Land Use Plans Required for Zoning

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Remote Zoning Hearings during Declared Emergencies

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160D Extension, Maps by Reference, and Permit Extensions due to COVID-19

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Remote Participation in Quasi-Judicial Evidentiary Hearings

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Chapter 160D and Other Zoning Legislation

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Syringe Exchange Programs and Land Use Zoning

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Temporary Signs in the Right-of-Way

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Temporary Housing and Zoning Amendments

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Residential Zoning Ordinances and Short-Term Rentals: Square Peg, Round Hole?

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Tick Tock! The Clock Is Now Running for Zoning Enforcement

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A Statutory Modification for Plan Consistency Statements

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Does the HB2 Repeal Limit Zoning Authority?

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Can the neighbor speak? Can the neighbor appeal? Standing and quasi-judicial hearings

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Administrative Modifications in Subdivision and Zoning Ordinances

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Interpreting the Zoning Ordinance

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What Does the Farm Exemption from Zoning Regulation Include?

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Advisory Board Review of Quasi-judicial Decisions

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Dealing with Land Uses Not Specifically Addressed in a Zoning Ordinance: The Saga Continues

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Repealing Ordinances

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Voting Rules, Monuments, and Beehives: Miscellaneous Changes to Local Government Laws

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Annexation Agreements for Economic Development – Not an Option

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Can the City Tell Me What My New House Has to Look Like?

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Sign Litigation: A Brief Analysis of Reed v. Town of Gilbert

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Origins of Legislation to Reorganize and Modernize NC Planning and Development Regulation Statutes

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Voting Rules for Adopting Ordinances

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Consistently Inconsistent? Considering Consistency Statements for Zoning Amendments

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Meet the Granny Pod: New Zoning Protection for Temporary Family Health Care Structures

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Requirements for Quasi-Judicial Decision Documents

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Variance Standards: What is hardship? And when is it unnecessary?

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Stay What? Placing Development on Hold While Appeals Are Pending

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Can Outside Material be Incorporated by Reference into Local Development Regulations?

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Keep Your Distance: Requirements to Keep Certain Land Uses Apart

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Can a Property Owner Be Cited for a Zoning Violation by a Tenant?

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Solar Farms and Solar Rooftops

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Accessory Uses and Structures in the Zoning Ordinance: Eight Things to Remember

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Mandated Notices in Land Development Regulations

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What You Need to Know about Driveway Permits and Road Access: Part I

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A Primer on Inclusionary Zoning